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Any Suggestions - Leadtek or MSI 5900XT
Hey,
I'm about to upgrade my video card from a MSI 4400 to a 5900XT. Any suggestions on whether the Leadtek on the MSI 5900XT? I mostly a gamer with the obligatory surfing and Office type stuff. The Leadtek has the faster RAM which is a bonus when OC'ing. I have had good luck with MSI cards before and this one is rated very well. I think they are essentially the same in performance with stick settings. I've had friends who have owned Leadtek 4200 & 4600 cards and have had problems with reliability and I am slightly leery of Leadtek cards ... yet they have the kick butt 2.2 ns memory. The MSI cards are quiet and reliable. No, I really don't want to fork over 350 - 450 dollars for the next generation of Nvidia card, just looking for something that will smoothly play Far Cry, Quake 3 and the next generation of video games. Thanks |
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Also Gainward has one that's a "golden sample" that's faster in stock
condition. -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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Ed Light wrote:
Also Gainward has one that's a "golden sample" that's faster in stock condition. The Leadtek 5900XT has memory timings rated at 2.2ns. That's exactly the same timings as the 5900 Ultra. So you'd be able to overclock it to Ultra speeds without paying the premium. |
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On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 06:01:49 GMT, "teqguy" wrote:
Ed Light wrote: Also Gainward has one that's a "golden sample" that's faster in stock condition. The Leadtek 5900XT has memory timings rated at 2.2ns. Not in their spec when I last looked. Thus no guarantee AT ALL. . Luck of the draw. Can't inspect the memory without either removing lots of stuff to read the chip-type or powering up and checking overclock. 15% restocking fee if you draw the short straw. John Lewis That's exactly the same timings as the 5900 Ultra. So you'd be able to overclock it to Ultra speeds without paying the premium. |
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In article aXfgc.14008$ru4.16335@attbi_s52, says...
Did you get your Leadtek 5900XT from NewEgg? Yes, I did. |
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"wgd" wrote in message ganews.com... In article aXfgc.14008$ru4.16335@attbi_s52, says... Did you get your Leadtek 5900XT from NewEgg? Yes, I did. Memory speed 780 gpu 450 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...128-185&depa=1 -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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Gainward Golden Sample (they make a non-golden sample too).
Overclocked to 490/889 http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/...00XT/index.htm -- Ed Light Smiley :-/ MS Smiley :-\ Send spam to the FTC at Thanks, robots. |
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